South Bound Brook School District

South Bound Brook School District
Address
122 Elizabeth Street South Bound Brook , Somerset County , New Jersey , 08880 United States
Coordinates	40°33′14″N74°31′52″W / 40.553908°N 74.531022°W / 40.553908; -74.531022
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Lorise Goeke
Business administrator	Beverly Vlietstra (interim)
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	425 (as of 2020–21) [1]
Faculty	37.0 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.southboundbrookk8.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $16,790 18 $18,891 −11.1% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,819 39 14,159 4.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,378 28 8,659 −3.2% 6 Support Services 2,599 49 2,167 19.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,500 18 1,547 −3.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,516 28 1,612 −6.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 72 17 104 −30.8% 16 Median Teacher Salary 69,128 57 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

The South Bound Brook School District is a community public school district that serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from South Bound Brook, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 425 students and 37.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. ^[6]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Bound Brook High School in Bound Brook as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bound Brook School District. ^{[7] [8]} As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 652 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. ^[9]

Schools

Robert Morris School had an enrollment of 428 students in grades pre-K-8 as of the 2020–21 school year. ^{[10] [11]}

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[12] [13]}

• Lorise Goeke, superintendent and principal
• Beverly Vlietstra, interium business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^[14]

References

1. District information for South Bound Brook Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. South Bound Brook Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, South Bound Brook School District, Accessed July 6, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the South Bound Brook School District. Composition: The South Bound Brook School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of South Bound Brook."
4. 2021-2022 Somerset County Public School Directory, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed February 10, 2020.
5. School Performance Reports for the South Bound Brook Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 17, 2022.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
7. Somerset County School Districts - Sending / Receiving / Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed July 23, 2017. "Bound Brook PreK-12 Receives 9-12 From South Bound Brook"
8. "Local Government Budget Review: Borough of Bound Brook Board of Education", New Jersey Department of the Treasury, February 1999. Accessed September 8, 2014. "The neighboring town of South Bound Brook sends 110 students to the Bound Brook High School on a tuition paying basis."
9. School data for Bound Brook High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
10. School Data for the South Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the South Bound Brook School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. Administration, South Bound Brook School District. Accessed July 6, 2023.
13. New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.

External links

• South Bound Brook School District: Robert Morris School
• School Performance Reports for the South Bound Brook School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the South Bound Brook School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Bound Brook High School Alumni Association and Hall of Fame